Bernard C. "Jack" Young

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Jack Young

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Baltimore City Council District 12

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Baltimore City Council District 2

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Baltimore City Council President

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Mayor of Baltimore

Successor: Brandon Scott

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 2, 2020

Education

High school

Northern High School

Jack Young (Democratic Party) was the Mayor of Baltimore in Maryland. Young assumed office on May 2, 2019. Young left office on December 8, 2020.

Young (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Mayor of Baltimore in Maryland. Young lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

Before taking office as mayor, Young was president of the Baltimore City Council in Maryland. He was first elected to the position on February 9, 2010. Before becoming Council President, Young represented District 2 on the city council from 1996 to 2003 and District 12 from 2003 to 2010.

Elections

2020

See also: Mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland (2020)

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Brandon Scott defeated Bob Wallace, Shannon Wright, and David Harding in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott (D)	70.5	164,661
		Bob Wallace (Independent)	20.2	47,275
		Shannon Wright (R)	7.1	16,664
		David Harding (Working Class Party)	1.7	3,973
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,006

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 233,579
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kahan Singh Dhillon Jr. (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott	29.6	43,927
		Sheila Dixon	27.5	40,782
	Submit photo	Mary Miller	15.6	23,193
		Thiru Vignarajah	11.5	17,080
		Jack Young	6.2	9,256
	Submit photo	T.J. Smith	5.8	8,593
	Submit photo	Carlmichael Stokey Cannady	1.7	2,473
		Mary Washington (Unofficially withdrew)	0.7	1,028
		Valerie Cunningham	0.2	339
		Keith Scott	0.2	303
		Yasaun Young	0.1	188
	Submit photo	Ralph Johnson Jr.	0.1	177
		Yolanda Pulley	0.1	152
	Submit photo	Lou Catelli	0.1	151
	Submit photo	Dante Swinton	0.1	143
	Submit photo	Michael Douglas Jenson	0.1	131
	Submit photo	Brian Salsberry	0.1	129
	Submit photo	Rikki Vaughn	0.1	116
	Submit photo	Liri Fusha	0.0	57
	Submit photo	Terry Jay McCready	0.0	46
	Submit photo	Sean Bernard Gresh	0.0	45
	Submit photo	James Jones	0.0	33
		Erik Powery	0.0	32
	Submit photo	Frederick D. Ware-Newsome	0.0	31

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 148,405
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shannon Wright	29.1	1,630
	Submit photo	Catalina Byrd	19.0	1,068
	Submit photo	William Herd	13.5	757
	Submit photo	David Anthony Wiggins	13.0	729
	Submit photo	Ivan Gonzalez	12.0	671
		Zulieka Baysmore	11.4	641
	Submit photo	Collins Otonna	2.0	112

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,608
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2016

Incumbent Bernard C. "Jack" Young defeated Shannon Wright, Connor Meek, Sharon Black, and Susan Gaztanaga in the Baltimore City Council president election.

Baltimore City Council Election (2016), Council President, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bernard C. "Jack" Young Incumbent	76.03%	173,065
	Republican	Shannon Wright	12.04%	27,408
	Green	Connor Meek	4.88%	11,119
	Unaffiliated	Sharon Black	3.68%	8,368
	Libertarian	Susan Gaztanaga	2.80%	6,380
		Write-in votes	0.57%	1,300
Total Votes				227,640
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Baltimore City," accessed December 11, 2016

Incumbent Bernard C. "Jack" Young defeated Kim Trueheart in the Democratic primary of the Baltimore City Council president election.

Baltimore City Council Election (2016), Council President, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bernard C. "Jack" Young Incumbent	69.13%	83,372
	Democratic	Kim Trueheart	30.87%	37,231
Total Votes				120,603
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Baltimore City," May 31, 2016

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Noteworthy events

Events and activity following the death of George Floyd

See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020

Young was mayor of Baltimore during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Baltimore, Maryland, began downtown on Friday, May 29, 2020. No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.

To read more about the death of George Floyd and subsequent events, click [show] to the right.

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Floyd, a Black man, after receiving a call that he had made a purchase with a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd died after Derek Chauvin, a White officer, arrived at the scene and pressed his knee onto Floyd's neck as Floyd laid face-down on the street in handcuffs. Both the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy conducted by Floyd's family ruled Floyd's death as a homicide stemming from the incident. The medical examiner's report, prepared by Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson, said that it was "not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process." On April 20, 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd's death. Floyd's death was filmed and shared widely, leading to activity regarding racism, civil rights, and police use of force. The first events took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul on May 26. An event in Chicago organized by Chance the Rapper and Rev. Michael Pfleger took place the same day, making it the first major city outside of Minneapolis to host an event in response to Floyd's death.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Catherine Pugh (D)	Mayor of Baltimore 2019-2020	Succeeded by Brandon M. Scott (D)
Preceded by -	Baltimore City Council, President 2010 – 2019	Succeeded by NA